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Plea bargaining in the criminal justice system is an issue viewed in various ways based on the individual=s role in the judicial process. Plea bargaining may be beneficial to the rightfully accused allowing them a lighter sentence; however, if wrongfully accused, it could cost an innocent person their freedom.
A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case where the prosecutor and the defendant arrange to end the case against the defendant before it goes to a judge or jury trial, but it must always have the courts= approval. A general description of the overall plea bargaining process is that the accused pleads guilty to a more minor offense than charged or to a smaller number of offenses than charged, in exchange for a more lenient sentence or fine. Plea bargaining agreements can have several different forms= prosecutions, among them are, charge bargaining, sentence bargaining, and count bargaining.
In charge bargaining, the defendant pleads guilty in exchange for a reduction......

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